People Operations Associate
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About the Role
About the role Lean is building the operational backbone of its People function, and this role is where execution meets compliance. As our People Operations Associate, you will.
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Responsibilities
- Support visa, immigration, and relocation processes across UAE and KSA, working with Legal, Office Managers, and external PROs
- Track visa expirations, license renewals, and regulatory deadlines across markets
- Maintain accurate employee data in the HRIS and visa tracking logs
- Coordinate onboarding logistics end to end: contracts, IDs, system access, and first day readiness
- Own offboarding processes, documentation, and system updates
- Handle employee queries related to benefits, leave, and documentation
- Support monthly headcount and people reporting (dashboards, trackers)
- Assist with payroll data preparation and accuracy checks
- Identify opportunities to automate manual People Ops processes and implement tools
- Contribute to documenting and improving People processes in Notion
Requirements
- 2+ years in People Ops or HR administration
- Hands on experience with UAE and KSA visa and immigration workflows; both markets strongly preferred
- Comfortable working with HRIS systems, spreadsheets, and checklists
- Strong attention to detail and ability to handle sensitive employee data accurately
- Highly organized, proactive, and process oriented
- Strong written communication for documentation and employee facing queries
- Reliable and thorough zero margin for error on compliance
- Familiarity with payroll input and review processes
- Exposure to HR reporting tools or dashboard creation
- Experience supporting distributed teams across multiple countries
- Prior work in a startup or fast paced environment
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About the role
- Lean is building the operational backbone of its People function, and this role is where execution meets compliance.
- As our People Operations Associate, you will own the processes that keep our workforce running smoothly across multiple markets: immigration, employee lifecycle, HRIS accuracy, onboarding, offboarding, and reporting.
- This is a hands on role for someone who is highly organised, thrives on structure, and takes genuine pride in clean execution.
About Lean
- Lean is the leading financial infrastructure provider in the Middle East, powering payments, account verification, financial data access, and lending across MENA.
- Trusted by 350+ clients including Binance, Careem, and Etisalat, backed by General Catalyst, Sequoia, and Shorooq.
- Processed billions of dollars in transactions; expanding into new markets and building new capabilities.
What you'll own
- Support visa, immigration, and relocation processes across UAE and KSA, working closely with Legal, Office Managers, and external PROs.
- Track visa expirations, license renewals, and regulatory deadlines across markets nothing slips.
- Maintain accurate employee data in the HRIS and visa tracking logs.
- Coordinate onboarding logistics end to end: contracts, IDs, system access, and first day readiness.
- Own offboarding processes, documentation, and system updates.
- Handle employee queries related to benefits, leave, and documentation.
- Support monthly headcount and people reporting (dashboards, trackers).
- Assist with payroll data preparation and accuracy checks.
- Identify opportunities to automate manual People Ops processes and implement tools that improve efficiency and scalability.
- Contribute to documenting and improving People processes in Notion.
What we're looking for
- 2+ years in People Ops or HR administration.
- Hands on experience with UAE and KSA visa and immigration workflows; context on both markets is strongly preferred.
- Comfortable working with HRIS systems, spreadsheets, and checklists.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to handle sensitive employee data accurately.
- Highly organised, proactive, and process oriented.
- Strong written communication for documentation and employee facing queries.
- Reliable and thorough this is a zero margin for error role on compliance.
- Familiarity with payroll input and review processes.
- Exposure to HR reporting tools or dashboard creation.
- Experience supporting distributed teams across multiple countries.
- Prior work in a startup or fast paced environment.
- Strong documentation instinct and interest in growing within a broader People career path.
Why Join us?
- Competitive salaries, private healthcare, flexible office hours, and meaningful equity stake.
- Equal opportunity workplace committed to diversity and inclusion.
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